Static dielectric pretransitional effects in thermotropic liquid crystals

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Jadzyn J ^a   Czechowski, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Entropy; Helmholtz free energy; Liquid crystals; Prenematic effects; Static dielectric permittivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOUR; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; PRENEMATIC EFFECTS; PRETRANSITIONAL EFFECTS; STATIC DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; STATIC PERMITTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 53149140232     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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